ʻO ka hakakā ʻana me ka ʻōpala moana

Na Emily Franc, Research Associate, The Ocean Foundation

Hiki mai nā ʻōpala kai ma nā ʻano like ʻole, mai ka ʻupena paka a i ka ʻupena lawaiʻa 4,000 paona.

ʻAʻohe mea leʻaleʻa i ka nānā ʻana i ke kahakai piha i ka ʻōpala a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau ʻana ma hope o ka ʻōpala. A ʻaʻole mākou hauʻoli i ka ʻike ʻana i ka make ʻana o nā mammals moana i ka ʻai ʻana i nā ʻōpala a i ʻole ka hopu ʻia ʻana i loko. ʻO ka nui o ka ʻōpala kai he pilikia honua i ʻike ʻia e pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia e nā ʻāina āpau. ʻO ke kumu mua o ka ʻōpala kai, e like me ka mea i hōʻoia ʻia e kahi noiʻi 2009 UNEP i kauoha ʻia e ʻimi ana i nā hopena mākeke no ka ʻōpala kai.[1] ʻo ka ʻōpala o ka ʻāina: hoʻolei ʻia ka ʻōpala ma nā alanui a me nā auwai, puhi ʻia e ka makani a i ʻole ka ua i hoʻolei ʻia i loko o nā kahawai, nā awāwa a hiki i ka pae ʻāina. ʻO nā kumu ʻē aʻe o ka ʻōpala kai, ʻo ia ka hoʻolei ʻana i ke kānāwai a me ka hoʻokele ʻāina ʻino. Loaʻa ka ʻōpala ma ka ʻāina i ke kai mai nā kaiāulu ma muli o nā ʻino a me nā kai eʻe. Ke ʻike nei ka Pākīpika o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka nui o nā ʻōpala mai ka ōlaʻi a me ke kai eʻe i ka makahiki 2011 e holoi ana i ko mākou mau kahakai.

I kēlā me kēia makahiki, make ka ʻōpala i ka moana i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona manu kai a me 100,000 mau mea momona a me nā honu i ka wā e ʻai ai lākou a hoʻopaʻa ʻia paha i loko.

ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ke hana nei nā kānaka a me nā hui e hakakā i kēia pilikia. No ka laʻana, ma ʻAukake 21, 2013 Ua hoʻolaha ka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) i kahi manawa hāʻawi hou no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻōpala kai. ʻO ka huina kālā o ka papahana he $2miliona, mai loko mai o lākou e manaʻo nei e hāʻawi ʻia ma kahi o 15 mau haʻawina i ka poʻe ʻoihana ʻole, nā keʻena aupuni ma nā pae āpau, nā aupuni ʻōiwi ʻAmelika, a me nā hui waiwai, mai $15,000 a i $250,000.

He kākoʻo ikaika ka Ocean Foundation i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā ʻōpala kahakai ma o ka Coastal CODE Fund, i hāʻawi ʻia e nā haʻawina lokomaikaʻi mai ka Alaskan Brewing Company mai 2007. Hiki i nā kānaka a me nā hui ʻē aʻe ke hāʻawi i nā haʻawina i ka Coastal CODE Fund ma o Ka Moana Foundation a me nā paena pūnaewele CODE[SM1] .

I kēia manawa, ua hiki i kēia waihona ke kākoʻo i nā hana hoʻomau a nā hui kaiaulu he 26 me nā kaukani manawaleʻa ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Pākīpika e hoʻohui i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe kahakai, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka wai, hoʻolako i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka moana, a kākoʻo i nā lawaiʻa hoʻomau. No ka laʻana, hāʻawi mākou i ke kālā i Alaska SeaLife Center no ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā lākou Pāhana Gyres, he hana hui pū me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Anchorage e palapala i ka hiki ʻana o nā ʻōpala kai i nā wahi i manaʻo ʻia he mamao a "ʻaʻole i paʻi ʻia" a puni nā mokupuni ʻo Aleutian. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēia moʻolelo koʻikoʻi e NatGeo a hiki ke nānā ʻia i kona holoʻokoʻa maanei.

Mālama ʻia ka lā hoʻomaʻemaʻe kahakai o ka honua i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka lā 21 o Kepakemapa.

ʻAʻole kākoʻo ka CODE ma Coastal i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kahakai, akā hoʻohana pū i kahi ʻano hoʻomau o ka noho ʻana ma ka hana ʻana. NA NELE. ʻo ia hoʻi:

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ʻO ka hoʻolaha NOAA he manawa hoʻohauʻoli ia e kākoʻo a hoʻolako kālā i nā ʻuʻu, nā hana e pili ana i ke kaiāulu e mālama ʻole ai ko mākou mau wahi kai i ka ʻōpala no nā ʻano kai e hilinaʻi ana i kahi maʻemaʻe, olakino a me ka ʻōpala ʻole.

He aha kāu e ʻike ai e pili ana i ka noi ʻana i kahi hāʻawi NOAA:

Ka palena palena manawa: Nowemapa 1, 2013
Name:  ʻO FY2014 Ka Wehe ʻia ʻana o nā ʻōpala moana ma ke kaiāulu, Keena Kalepa
Helu hahai: NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2014-2003849
Link: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=240334

ʻOiai mākou e hana nei i nā hoʻonā e hoʻēmi i nā pilikia e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻōpala kai, he mea nui ka pale ʻana i ko mākou kaiāulu moana ma ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe mau ʻana i kā mākou mau ʻōpala. E hui pū me ka hakakā ʻana i nā ʻōpala kai a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ko mākou moana ma ka hāʻawi ʻana a i ʻole ke noi ʻana i kahi haʻawina i kēia lā.